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ETF News and Commentary: Archive

Zacks Equity Research

Oil Refiners ETF (CRAK) Hits New 52-Week High

CRAK climbs to a fresh 52-week high as renewed geopolitical tensions in the Middle East drive oil prices higher.

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Sanghamitra Saha

Agricultural ETFs Top S&P 500 Two Months in a Row: Here's Why

Agricultural ETFs are beating the S&P 500 as weather risks, geopolitical tensions and strong global demand drive corn, wheat and soybean prices higher.

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Aparajita Dutta

ETFs to Buy as Salesforce Jumps on Q2 Earnings Beat, Anthropic Gains

Salesforce's Q2 beat, Anthropic gain and AI momentum send shares soaring, while CRM-heavy ETFs offer diversified exposure with less single-stock risk.

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Sanghamitra Saha

Best-Performing Leveraged ETFs of August

Leveraged ETFs soared in August as biotech, crypto, AI and gold-related stocks rallied, delivering triple-digit gains across several funds.

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Sanghamitra Saha

U.S. Strikes Raise Hormuz Risks: ETF Areas to Win/Lose

U.S.-Iran tensions are lifting oil prices and could reshape the outlook for energy, defense, gold and rate-sensitive ETFs.

GLDNegative Net Change XLEPositive Net Change XLFNegative Net Change XLKNegative Net Change IWMNegative Net Change USOPositive Net Change BNOPositive Net Change ITANegative Net Change PFIXPositive Net Change

Sanghamitra Saha

Best Leveraged ETFs of Last Week

Leveraged ETFs surged last week as strong earnings lifted Salesforce and Okta, while declines in AXT and D-Wave boosted inverse ETFs.

SMHNegative Net Change AXTINegative Net Change OKTANegative Net Change QBTSNegative Net Change CRMGPositive Net Change QBTZPositive Net Change OKTGNegative Net Change AXTQPositive Net Change

Zacks Equity Research

Geopolitical Risks Lift Oil Prices: 4 ETFs to Watch

Oil prices rebound as fading U.S.-Iran diplomacy, and supply risks in the Strait of Hormuz and Russia revive the case for oil-focused ETFs.

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Yashwardhan Jain

Want to Tap Global Growth? These Equity ETFs Could Benefit

Seeking growth beyond U.S. borders? Global equity ETFs could offer diversification and exposure to attractive opportunities across international markets.

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Sanghamitra Saha

A Guide to Semiconductor ETFs

AI infrastructure spending, soaring memory demand and strong chip sales are fueling semiconductor growth, putting these ETFs in focus.

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Aparajita Dutta

SK Hynix's $720B AI Memory Expansion: Bet on These ETFs to Capture the Boom

SK Hynix's $720B memory expansion targets soaring AI demand, while three ETFs offer diversified exposure to the HBM boom.

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